“Besides, what is most charming about Crawford is not his skills, wonderful as they may be. No, what makes Crawford so rewarding to watch is what drove him to hunt Benavidez long after the fight’s outcome was inevitable. Although his jawing at Benavidez on media day was dismissed as contrived—ditto the weigh-in punch he intentionally whistled harmlessly off target—know that Crawford stopped Benavidez because the latter was owed a beating, and Crawford would find little satisfaction in squandering even that final sixty-second opportunity to deliver it.”
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